Get ready to have a slender summer

Believe it or not, summer is almost here. Well, spring is almost here, but summer is right after that! And now is the time to start "thinking thin," because clothes will start getting steadily smaller as the days get steadily warmer (yay for warmness!).

Besides starting (or sticking to) a good fitness and/or weight loss plan, something else to consider is making moves to reduce puffiness from water retention. Everybody hates it, but pretty much everybody deals with it at some point. Plus winter is a season of comfort foods, and unfortunately many of them contribute to that not-so-thin feeling, even if you haven't actually gained any inches or pounds.

So take a look at this article, which outlines 6 tips for both reducing bloat and burning extra calories -- just in time for those cute spring skirts.